Easy No Bake Protein Bars (Peanut Butter Cinnamon)
Meet your new favorite no-bake protein bars! With more protein than sugar per bar, these healthy and delicious Peanut Butter Cinnamon No-Bake Protein Bars are perfect for a grab-and-go breakfast or afternoon snack.
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The inspiration behind these quick and easy No-Bake Protein Bars? Liz Shaw. Aka, the person I want to be when I grow up!
Meet Liz…
I met Liz several years ago when she contacted me for tips about growing her blog, Shaw’s Simple Swaps. I knew right from the start that Liz was one super cool, down-to-earth lady, and it’s been such a joy to see her grow both her business over the past year, as well as to get to know her better both professionally and personally!
And, when she’s not working with clients for her nutrition consulting business, Liz is creating healthy recipes for her blog, Shaw’s Simple Swaps, writing for various publications, and being the best mama to two sweet kids.
She makes the best No Bake Protein Bars too
Her recipe is perfect on its own, but I decided to make a few simple swaps based on what ingredients I had on hand, plus I wanted to make it low-FODMAP friendly too. Here’s my twist on her Raw Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars.
Peanut Butter Cinnamon No Bake Protein Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup gluten free oats
- 2 crunchy rice rollers, or 1 /2 cups puffed rice cereal
- 3 tablespoons powdered peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 1 scoop protein powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons melted peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons melted almond butter
- 2 tablespoons macadamia nut oil, or other oil
- 2 tablespoons almond milk
Instructions
- Place a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet and set aside.
- Place all ingredients except almond milk in a food processor, and process until mixture has a fine crumb consistency. Add almond or other milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the mixture pulls away from the side of the food processor bowl and is slightly sticky to the touch.
- Place mixture on parchment paper and press dough down, forming an 8 x 4 rectangle, then place baking sheet in freezer for 30 minutes to harden. Remove and slice in to 8 bars before serving.
- Store in a airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 10 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Notes
- If you’ve never had “rice rollers’ before, they are a lightly sweetened puffed rice treat from Costco. If you can’t find them, any puffed rice cereal will do.
- For the protein powder, I used Designs for Health Whey Cool Grass Fed powder, but you can use your favorite vegan or low FODMAP protein powder too.
- Macadamia Nut oil is rich in heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, but is sometimes hard to find in the grocery store, so feel free to use any neutral-tasting high monounsaturated vegetable oil, like avocado oil or high oleic sunflower oil.
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I definitely want to make these peanut butter bars for my kids~especially my son who’s growing like a weed 🙂 They look pretty yummy to me too!
Love these bars, EA! Protein bars are often so bland, but yours look delicious.
Thanks so much Viviane! The peanuts & cinnamon are a yummy combo 🙂
Love this post! Liz is amazing and you are too! So obvious why she looked to you for advice. And those PB cinnamon bars….yes, please!
Thanks so much for your sweet comment Kim! Sending a virtual PB Cinnamon Bar your way 🙂
EA! You are such a gem!!! I am so honored to have had you choose my recipe. I love that you found that email!! I still remember sweating bullets on the 56 Freeway when I was headed to meet you that morning! I never am late and the traffic was so bad I had to get off the freeway and find a back road to get to you! You are one remarkable woman and I can’t thank you enough for your friendship! You are truly one in a million and I can’t wait to continue to learn from you! Cheers to these protein bars- and those rice rollers are my jam! I love those, and can’t wait to whip this up for Mr. CEO and his training! I must make sure you know, I’m only doing the Sprint Spartan, the hubs is going the marathon! But, a Sprint is a marathon to me lol!
XOXO
Awww….I’m SO HAPPY I made your day 🙂 Ha, ha-I never knew you were running late that day! #neverletthemseeyousweat And, BTW, now I don’t feel so bad that your only doing a Sprint Spartan. ONLY!! Looking forward to more adventures to come with you 🙂 xoxo